Strain: Kuhaylan Jellabi
Also known as MERZUK (APS) (see references)
The Pyramid Society - Straight Egyptian
Sheykh Obeyd Foundation

Bred by Ali Pasha Sharif - Egypt
1885 purchased by Wilfrid and Lady Anne Blunt for Sheykh Obeys Stud - Egypt
1891 exported to their Crabbet Stud - Sussex, England
Later in 1891 sold to Bastoland, Cape Province of South Africa
Sire of 2 registered purebred Arabian foals in 1892
Lady Anne Blunt quote: "very good strong hocks, and is full of fire."

References:

• Al Khamsa.org: MERZUK (APS)
• Arabianhorses.org/datasource: MERZUK
• Rashaka.at: MERZUK
• Shagyadata.ch: MERZUK
• 1986 Book - Lady Anne Blunt Journals and Correspondence 1878-1017 edited by Rosemary Archer and James Fleming: MERZUK; 1-17-1889, page 197
• 1988 Book - The Arabian Horse Families of Egpt Volume I 1870-1978 by Colin Pearson with Kees Mol: MERZUK; S4, page xxvi; M11, page xxxiv: Note: The stallion MERZUK 1887 is also part of this family, his dam being an unidentified Kuhaylah Jellabiyah of the strain procured by Abbas Pasha I from Ibn Khalifeh
• 1991 Book - The Arabian Horse Families of Poland 1790-1987 by Britta Fahlgren: MERZIK; S41/1